Roll-paper fixture



-(N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

0. H. HICKS. ROLL PAPER FIXTURE.

No. 562,533. Patented June 23,1896.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

of H. HICKS.

ROLL PAPER FIXTURE.

Patented June 23, 1896.

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NITED STATES FFICEo OLIVER H. HICKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MORGAN ENVELOPE COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,533, dated June 23, 1896.

Application 001201361 16, To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER I-I. HICKS, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roll-Paper Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in rolled paper and fixtures therefor, and par ticularly to such as employ a stay recess and projection for preventing the creeping of the convolutes of the roll or its disorganization, as shown, for instance, in my Patent No. l98,900, the objects of the invention being to provide a construction in which the creeping of the paper in any direction is prevented. Thus, without providing end flanges or other supports on the core or support, the roll will be locked in perfect shape with the tearinglines coincident and the ends true and regular.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse section through a fixture and roll embodying my present invention. Fig. 2 is a section from front to rear. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a roll. Figs. 4 and 5 are a transverse section and elevation of a modified form of apparatus.

Like letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

The letter A indicates the bracket, base, or fixed support, adapted to be secured to the wall and having forwardly-projecting arms a, provided with the usual bearings for the journals or pintles b of the rotary support or core B, upon which the roll of paper C is mounted.

The rotary support or core B is preferably large and elongated, although it may be of any ordinary or preferred shape, so far as the present invention is concerned, and is formed to permit of ready access to the movable pintle b, as usual, and in addition it is provided with bearir gs for the reception of the end of a stay projection to be now described.

In devices of this kind considerable difficulty has been occasioned by the creeping of the web forming the roll, this being especially annoying where it takes place laterally Serial No. 488,323. (No model.)

and distorts the roll, and where the lines of weakness or tearing-lines are arranged coincidently. With a view to overcoming this difficulty, a stay slot or recess is formed in the roll, preferably as shown in Fig. 3, where the slot is indicated by the letter E and is arranged centrally of the roll and preferably in line with the tearing-line or lines of weakness. The stay recess or slot thus formed in the roll is adapted for the reception of a stay projection secured to the core, so as to move into the slot or recess and preferably secured to the core within the roll to move outward into the slot or recess. I

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the stay projection is simply a sliding bolt or projection H, movably mounted in bearings on the core, so as to slide out and in, with a spring h for holding it out and a spring-pressed locking-pin I for looking it in this position. The lockingpin is adapted to be covered by the roll when in place, and thus the stay projection cannot be pushed in and the roll removed bodily.

In the modified form of the device, Figs. 4 and 5, the rotary support or core I3 is large and circular,and it is cut away, as indicated by the dotted lines m, Fig. 5, to permit of ready access to themovable pintle b,and in addition it is provided with a recess or cavity a for the reception of the end of a stay projection.

The stay recess or slot in the roll is adapted for the reception of a stay projection secured to the core outside of the roll, so as to move into the slot or recess from the outside, as contradistinguished from the other form in which the projection is secured to the core within the roll, and moves outward into the slot or recess. As shown, the stay projection is lettered F and forms part of an arm or bar G, pivotally connected at one end to the core, or a plate or support secured thereto.

An end plate M, secured to the end of the core, preferably forms the support for the bar, and the bar itself preferably passes clear across the roll, and hence serves to prevent the 9 erably by means of a catch or lock formed by the spring K, secured to the end of the projection and adapted to spring in beneath the inner edge of the roll, or under a plate 76, secured to the core in any suitable manner.

\Vhen a roll is consumed, the lock will be exposed and the projection and bar may be opened out and a new roll put in place, it then being only necessary to turn the bar in to lock the same.

The central relatively wide stay slot and projection, it will be noted, hold the roll securely against distortion in any direction, and pulling on the free ends as they are successively exposed will cause the roll to unwind regularly and smoothly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination with a support adapted to be inserted within a roll of paper, of a stay projection movably mounted on the support and adapted to enter a stay-slot in the roll; substantially as described.

2. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination with a support adapted to be inserted within a roll of paper, of a stay projection movably mounted on the supportintermediate the ends of the latter and adapted to enter a stay-slot in the roll; substantially as described.

3. In a paper-roll fixture, the co inbination with a support adapted to be inserted within a roll of paper, of an outwardly-movable stay projection mounted thereon and adapted to enter a stay-slot in the roll; substantially as described.

4. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination of a rotary support for the roll and a stay proj ection carried by and arranged centrally between the ends of the support to enter a central stay-slot in the roll to prevent creeping in any direction; substantially as described.

5. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination of a rotary support for the roll and a movable stay projection carried by and arranged centrally between the ends of the support to enter a central stay-slot in the roll; substantially as described.

6. In a paper-roll fixture, the combination of a rotary support for the roll, a movable stay projection carried thereby to enter a stayslot in the roll and a lock for holding the projection arranged to be covered by the roll when in place on the support; substantially as described.

7 In a paper-roll fixture, the combination of a rotary support for the roll, an outwardlymoving centrally-arrangod stay projection carried thereby to enter a stay-slot in the roll and a lock for holding the projection outward, arranged to be covered by the roll when in place on the support; substantially as described.

OLIVER TI. HICKS.

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JOSEPHINE D. GAMBLE, ROBERT MCMURD. 

